
Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸
@maxboot
CFR fellow, WaPo columnist. Pulitzer finalist for biography. REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND. NYT bestseller & NYT 10 best books of 2024. Mainly on Bluesky.
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Russia has a history of downing passenger planes — and covering it up. “Only by making #Russia pay a high price for its violations of international law can the West dissuade #Putin from further aggression” writes Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…




Media: Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸: "Russia Has a History of Downing Passenger Planes -- and Covering It UP: If #Trump revokes #Ukraine’s ATACMS authority and relaxes, rather than ramps up, sanctions on #Russia, he will be sending #Putin a signal that his many depravities — from shooting down




“This is another argument, if any were needed, for even stricter sanctions on the Russian economy and even more support for Ukraine in resisting Russian aggression.” Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 wapo.st/3ZTLs95

Just finished the Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 biography of Reagan; it's superb. No wonder it's making the lists of best books of '24. Much recommended.


Russia is suspected in a wide range of indirect attacks in Europe, including cutting undersea cables, Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 writes. wapo.st/3BGoryx

Russia remains the preeminent practitioner of hybrid warfare, writes Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸. How should the West respond? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

To repel Russian attacks, the West must take action that is “sufficiently devastating to make Russian eyes water and deter future misbehavior.” Eitvydas Bajarūnas Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 buff.ly/4a4SOLI

Biden’s U.S. Steel move blots his far-from-stainless trade record, Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 writes. wapo.st/3W6c9q5

By blocking the U.S. Steel deal, Joe Biden showed he’s a Donald Trump mini-me on protectionism, Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 writes. wapo.st/42lXhYL

If you have a Christmas Amazon gift card burning a hole in your pocket, might I recommend “Ronald Reagan: His Life and Legend”.... At 880 pages, the book looks intimidating. But Boot is a skillful writer and I flew through the book in a couple of weeks. georgepyle.substack.com/p/in-which-we-…

“Five of the Best Presidential Biographies.” Honored to have economist ❚ ❚.com recommend my Reagan book alongside other presidential biographies by Robert Caro, David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin and David Remnick—all writers I greatly admire. economist.com/culture/2025/0…
